Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dugunþu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Alternative forms

• *dugunþi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *dugunþō.

Noun

*dugunþu f

1. ability, usefulness, strength
2. virtue, strength of character

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*dugunþu
Genitive	*dugunþā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*dugunþu	*dugunþō
Accusative	*dugunþā	*dugunþā
Genitive	*dugunþā	*dugunþō
Dative	*dugunþē	*dugunþōm, *dugunþum
Instrumental	*dugunþu	*dugunþōm, *dugunþum

Descendants

• Old English: duguþ
  • Middle English: douthe, douth, douþe, duthe; doȝeðe, dugeð, duȝde, duȝeðe, duȝeþe, duheðe, duhþe, duweðe (Early Middle English)
    • English: douth
    • Scots: duthe, douth
• Old Frisian: dugethe, dugede
  • North Frisian: döged, dögd
  • Saterland Frisian: Duugd
  • West Frisian: deugd
• Old Saxon: *dugund, *dugunt, *duguth
  • Middle Low German: dogent, doget
    • German Low German: Döögde, Döögte, Döögd, Döögt
• Old Dutch: *dugath, *dugeth
  • Middle Dutch: doget, doghet, duget, dueget
    • Dutch: deugd
      • Afrikaans: deug
• Old High German: tungundi, tugund, tugind; *dugud (Central German)
  • Middle High German: tugende, tugent; duget, duged (Central German)
    • Alemannic German: Tuugend
    • German: Tugend
      • →? Central Franconian: Dugend, Dujend, Tugend, Tuend
      • →? Luxembourgish: Dugend
    • Rhine Franconian:
      • Palatine German: Tugend
    • Vilamovian: tūgyt
    • Yiddish: טוגענד (tugend)